The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing Life

This week features a live Event on the theme of childhood, with Wilson Santos, Ashley Inguanta, Vincent Crampton, Amy Watkins, and moi, as your humble emcee.


This reading was in honor of Wilson Santos's spoken word film, My Verse, which I talked to him about back on episode 138.

My Verse

NOTES

Check out more about Wilson Santos’ Dominican Republic project, including how to donate, here.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_164.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 6:07pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk to the journalist David Z. Morris,

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plus Shin Yu Pai writes about how Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake changed her life.

Photo by Kelly O.
Photo by Kelly O.

BOOKS DISCUSSED

The NamesakeNOTES

Rest in Peace, E.L. Doctorow.

Check out David Z. Morris's site, here. Check out his Art Basel essay here. Check out his Iowa City music essay, "Only What is Dead Can Live Forever," here.

Check out Shin Yu Pai's poetry and other work here.

On Tuesday, August 11, at 7:00 P.M. at The Gallery at Avalon Island, Jared Silvia, Stephanie Rizzo, Teege Braune, Genevieve Anna Tyrell, and I will read original fan fiction for that month’s installment of J. Bradley’s prose reading series, There Will be Words.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_163.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 11:05pm EDT

Episode 162 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download.

In this week’s episode, I talk to the novelist Charles Blackstone,

Photo by  by Erika Dufour.
Photo by by Erika Dufour.

plus Don Campell about how finding a copy of John Krakauer’s Into the Wild on the Appalachian Trail changed his life.

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

Vintage Attraction

The Week You Weren't There

Into the Wild

 

Into the WildNOTEs

On Tuesday, August 11, at 7:00 P.M. at The Gallery at Avalon Island, Jared Silvia, Stephanie Rizzo, Teege Braune, Genevieve Anna Tyrell, and I will read original fan fiction for that month's installment of J. Bradley's prose reading series, There Will be Words.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_162.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 1:59pm EDT

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,

David James Poissant

Plus Amy Watkins reads her poem "Playa Linda."

Amy Watkins

TEXTS DISCUSSEDThe Heaven of Animals

The Shadow of the Wind

The Catcher in the Rye

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

James Tate Selected Poems

NOTES

James Tate, rest in very weird peace.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_161.mp3
Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:31pm EDT

On this week’s show, I answer some mail with my friend, David James Poissant,

David James Poissant

Plus Amy Watkins reads her poem "Playa Linda."

Amy Watkins

TEXTS DISCUSSEDThe Heaven of Animals

The Shadow of the Wind

The Catcher in the Rye

For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

James Tate Selected Poems

NOTES

James Tate, rest in very weird peace.

Category:Arts/Culture/Writing -- posted at: 2:24pm EDT

In this week’s episode, I talk to the poet Ciara Shuttleworth,

Photo by Drew Perlmutter.
Photo by Drew Perlmutter.

plus Don Royster writes about how Isaac Asimov helped him to appreciate Shakespeare.

Don Royster

TEXTS DISCUSSED

Camus NotebooksThe Great Shark HuntAsimovs Guide to ShakespeareNOTES

To read about Ciara's post-residency road-tripping with Flat Jack, here is part 1 and part 2.

To read Thomas Jefferson's original draft of The Declaration of Independence, go here.

Direct download: The_Drunken_Odyssey_Episode_160.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:06pm EDT

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